Semester 1 Final Exam - AP U.S. History

What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the Revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The Revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington.

• The rapid development of the market revolution

• The development of a national culture and national identity

• The growing popularity of the idea of Manifest Destiny

• The rapid growth of a mass democracy

Which of the following is the most likely reason why Adams dates the beginning of the American Revolution to the 1760s?

• Renewed efforts by Great Britain to consolidate imperial control over the colonies

• The forging of American Indian political alliances with European powers

• Increased involvement of colonial merchants in the Atlantic economy

• The expansion of the colonial population into the interior of the continent

Which of the following contributed most directly to the change in the number of Africans transported to the New World after 1800?

• The emergence of a more industrial economy in Great Britain and the United States

• The outlawing of the international slave trade by Great Britain and the United States

• The increased resistance to slavery within African nations

• The influence of major slave rebellions in Haiti and elsewhere

The ideas expressed in the excerpts have the most in common with which of the following?

• The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, when African American women asserted their right to vote in federal elections

• The flapper culture of the 1920s, when women challenged gender roles through dress

• The women’s liberation movement of the 1970s, when women sought to achieve gender equality in the workplace

• The antislavery movement of the 1840s, when women asserted their right to speak on behalf of the cause

Which of the following groups would have been most likely to support Anne Hutchinson’s actions?

• Women active in the Second Great Awakening of the early 1800s

• Proponents of domestic ideals for women in the 1840s and 1850s

• Female immigrants from southern and eastern Europe in the late 1800s

• Conservatives who advocated family values in the 1970s and 1980s

Throughout United States history, which of the following groups most typically opposed the perspectives expressed in the public service announcements?

• Urban political leaders

• Advocates for greater economic equality

• Members of organized labor unions

• Business executives concerned about economic growth

The settlement pattern described in the excerpt was most similar to earlier settlement patterns in that it was

• discouraged by the federal government through legislation

• motivated largely by the desire to expand Protestant Christianity

• accompanied by conflict with American Indians over landownership

• the source of political divisions over the expansion of slavery

8. African American political activism during Reconstruction differed from the political activism described in the first paragraph of the excerpt because during Reconstruction African Americans

• were able to hold public office and participate in government

• were denied the right to vote and hold office

• focused solely on economic advancement

• remained politically inactive

Which of the following could best be used as evidence to support the argument in the excerpt?

• The industrialization of some segments of the southern economy

• The efforts by some Progressive Era reformers to expand democracy

• The requirement in many states at the time that citizens pay a tax before they could vote

• The advocacy of organizations such as the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC)

Which of the following changes to the United States during the nineteenth century most directly contributed to the development depicted in the image?

• The rapid growth of cities

• The dismantling of the national bank

• The acquisition of territory in the West

• The rise of the People's (Populist) Party